Winter Break

Winter Break is always much needed.  I look forward to two weeks off after a long, busy start to the school year.  The boys are tired, too...from the hustle and bustle of our routine.  They look forward to staying home, not getting out of their pajamas and playing all day.

We've enjoyed being in the Christmas spirit, loved having the house all 'Christmasy' with decorations and smells.  Having family here made it even more special and we had a good time cooking, baking, watching Christmas movies, shopping and hanging out.

It's been great to complete some projects around here, like cleaning out some cupboards, sorting through toys and clothes and doing some other major cleaning.  I also use this break to work on finishing up our 2014 Scrapbook album and prepare the 2015 one.  I finished that today!  The boys school albums are also all caught up as I have added things from the first part of this school year.

Basketball and football games have been on the TV for the last couple of days and it's always fun to watch some great college games.  There have been a number of close finishes and it's nice to see close games, especially when they come down to the last few seconds.

Break is winding down and I'm sad because it's always hard to get back into the routine after having a couple of weeks off.  But I know it will be nice to get back into a routine again...nice to see my students and teacher colleagues....nice for the boys to get back to learning.

Enjoying every moment.